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⌈ Secret Post #665 ⌋

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[Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh]

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[Philip Quast, Cleopatra]

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[Hell's Kitchen]

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[Tin Man]

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[Waldo/Carmen]

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[Code Geass]

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[Cowboy Bebop, Spike/Vicious]

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[The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou]

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[NOT a repeat; was resized]

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[Andy Samberg/Mark Wahlberg, SNL]

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[CSI: NY, Yugioh]

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[ER]

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[William Fichtner]

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[Yugioh GX]

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[Jeeves&Wooster]

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[Tantei Gakuen Q / Detective Academy Q]

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[batman RP]

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[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]

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[Axis Powers Hetalia]

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[Transformers]

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[Boku no Pico]

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[The Podge & Rodge Show]

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[Ron Weasley/Rupert Grint > Draco Malfoy/Tom Felton; LOL]

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[Stargate: Atlantis]

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[Supernatural]

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[Babylon 5]

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[Yakitate!! Japan, Summire 16 Sai!!, Addicted to curry]

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[Blue Beetle (Paco) and Avatar (Sokka)]

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Yes, it's true. Americans are actually pretty famous for that. And while officially, most are taught a second language in high school (very few schools start earlier than that) the program is mediocre and often theoretical to the point that you can take two or three years of Spanish / French / German without really being able to use them at all. Getting any other language, especially Arabic, Japanese, or Russian, is almost impossible. My brother lived abroad, and wanted to get credit for taking two semesters of Arabic. It took the counselor the better part of a year to figure out how to do that! No, honestly, you can get a high school diploma in this country without taking any language other than English. Most kids who want to go to college take a couple of years of something else, but hardly ever with the expectation of ... say, going to college in another country or leaving the US for good. They're incredibly limited. When I was in high school, I looked into the possibility of studying in Europe after I graduated. I was the only one in my entire school who did so.

What you have to keep in mind is that the US is a very large country (you can travel quite a bit without ever crossing its borders), and a depressingly ignorant one. Many Americans are still laboring under the impression that they live in the best country on Earth! And many are reluctant to venture out into the rest of the world. The wealthy traditionally frequented Western Europe (no offense) so that's not considered as strange and foreign. Central and South America have also been gaining popularity. Business travel and military deployment also have a way of getting otherwise insular Americans to look beyond their borders, but with mixed results. I am sooo jealous of the way you were taught languages. My family is from elsewhere, so I am functionally bilingual. But I haven't really picked up another language since I was five. And in the US, that was considered weird enough.

That sounds strange. Here the approach is certainly practical (except possibly in Latin and ancient Greek, I guess) and focuses on things like ordering food in a restaurant and so on in the basic studies. The advanced studies get a bit more complicated.

Yeah, I guess so. :) If you're really interested, you can always study on your own, if you don't have the chance to do otherwise. Since you mentioned Japanese, you could try the Japanese for Today series. I've seen one book from some older version and it seemed pretty good. There are also lots of guides online. :) This game (https://www.msu.edu/~lakejess/kanjigame.html) is also fun; I learned many kanji via it before I actually started Japanese. Many of them look like the thing they represent; tree looks like a tree and so on.

Thanks for the link. I actually am studying on my own. Although my brain is still confused and incredulous at my sudden interest in another language, as I haven't picked one up in years. I'm working hard and advancing, but I recs and links are very appreciated.

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